Chapter 140 Attack or Defend

Seeing that the expression on the Queen's face relaxed slightly, Liuli continued: "Empress, you have worked hard guarding His Highness the Crown Prince today. You should go back to the palace to rest for a while. Your body is the most important. Wait until you have rested.

, if you talk to the prince properly, he will definitely listen."

Jade saw that the queen was persuaded by Liuli, so she followed up and said: "Yes, my queen, you have only been healthy for a few days, but you can't be tired and hungry anymore. I will help you go back to have a meal."

The queen glanced at the indifferent prince again, held her breath and returned to her palace under the persuasion of the two palace maids.

The prince's incident did not cause any waves in the harem due to the queen's concealment, but people with a keener eye still noticed the changes in the prince.

The prince was even more silent than before.

The queen later went to the prince to lecture him several times, but all she got was the prince's silence. Fortunately, when the queen forced the prince to read and write, the prince was willing to listen to the queen's instructions.

Therefore, although the queen was angry, she didn't take it too seriously.

In her heart, the prince is her son no matter what. There is no deep hatred between mother and son. When the prince grows up, he will naturally know that everything she does is for his own good.

Entering February, the weather is getting warmer day by day, and the army in the Northern Desert is ready to move again.

There was a quarrel in the court all morning with no result.

In the past few years, Dayong's treasury has become increasingly abundant under his governance, and he has firmly established himself on the throne. At this time, Marquis Zhongyong proposed to attack the Northern Desert to suit his wishes.

The officials in the entire court were divided into three factions. The neutral faction remained neutral, the war faction supported Marquis Zhongyong and agreed to switch from defense to offense. The conservative faction, which was mainly civil servants, listed various reasons to refute the war in the north.

He firmly opposed Zhongyonghou's proposal and claimed that as long as Zhongyonghou continued to guard Dayong's land, it would be fine.

Previously, Lu Wanning asked Qingdai to help inquire about Chang's entry into the palace. Qingdai was looking for Fangfei.

After Zhongyonghou received the reply from Beijing, he became excited and quickly summoned the generals in the army to discuss battle strategies and tactics.

Qingdai went to inquire carefully, but only found out that after the Chang family entered Zhaoyang Palace, the imperial concubine sent out all the people serving around her, and left a red note to guard the door outside. The two of them kept secret inside

We talked for a long time.

Lu Wanning nodded after hearing this, and told Qingdai to keep an eye on the imperial concubine's movements.

After the dispersion of the dynasty, the officials representing the main war faction and the conservative faction quarreled in Luo Chengjing's imperial study room for another whole afternoon, and finally the quarrel came to an end.

Moreover, he was also annoyed by the harassment from Bei Mo from time to time. The purpose of his letter to the emperor this time was to launch an attack on Bei Mo while guarding Dayong's land. Only by completely defeating Bei Mo, Bei Mo

Only then will it be possible to truly be honest, and Dayong will no longer need to spend so much money on the defense of northern Xinjiang every year.

Luo Chengjing was also annoyed by Bei Mo's harassment from time to time. It was not that he had never thought of attacking Bei Mo directly before. However, firstly, he had focused on the court and could not take care of Bei Mo for the time being. Secondly, if he attacked Bei Mo

, the consumption of military pay, food, grass and other supplies is not a small amount.

Since Marquis Zhongyong plans to completely defeat Bei Mo, it means that if the imperial concubine does not seize this opportunity, it will not be so easy for her to get any benefits from the emperor in the future.

On this day, Zhou Cairen made an appointment with Lu Wanning to go to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the flowers and drink tea. Lu Wanning and Zhou Cairen had been drinking tea and enjoying the flowers recently, so he took Qingzhi and Qingdai to the Imperial Garden without much thought.

After listening to Lu Wanning's instructions, Qingdai not only kept an eye on it herself, but also asked Fang Fei, who was working as an errand in Zhaoyang Palace, to help her keep an eye on the recent movements of everyone in Zhaoyang Palace.

In the past two years, Qingdai and Fangfei have always had a good relationship. Fangfei has received a lot of benefits from Qingdai and is willing to help Qingdai.

Marquis Zhongyong has been stationed in Northern Xinjiang for decades and has fought countless battles with the Northern Desert Army. He is very aware of the changes in the Northern Desert Army. In Marquis Zhongyong’s view, if this continues, it will be a disaster for the tigers in the Northern Desert.

One day it will swallow the entire Yongdu into its belly.

Therefore, her cousin, who was originally chosen by the imperial concubine to be brought into the palace to bear a child, became a stumbling block for the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine would definitely want to get rid of her as soon as possible.

But in the following period, neither Qingdai nor Fangfei noticed any movement from the imperial concubine.

After Lu Wanning knew that Chang had entered the palace, she asked Qingdai to find out what Chang and the concubine had said.

She and Zhou Cai made an appointment at the octagonal pavilion where they often go.

As soon as the imperial concubine's confinement ended, Mrs. Chang from the Zhongyong Hou Mansion sent a message to the palace to ask for an audience with the imperial concubine.

In this memorial, Marquis Zhongyong not only reported to the Emperor the movements in the Northern Desert, but more importantly, asked the Emperor for instructions on their next movements.

Lu Wanning was not sure whether Chang's entry into the palace had anything to do with this matter, but she did not dare to ignore it. In her current situation, if she made one wrong move, she might be doomed.

These behaviors of the imperial concubine did not make Lu Wanning lower her guard at all, but she became even more cautious.

You can tell the outcome of this quarrel just from the expressions of the two men. In the end, the main fighting faction won a complete victory.

As for the content of the conversation between the two, Qingdai had no way of finding out.

So a while passed.

After Marquis Zhongyong's intention was raised in the court, the court suddenly became a quarrel.

The imperial concubine seemed to have suddenly come to her senses. She greeted the empress in a polite manner every day, or went back to her palace to play with the parrot with beautiful feathers. She even had someone give Lu Sunning a generous gift before.

The thank-you gift was to thank Lu Wanning for protecting her during the witchcraft incident.

There is nothing we can do about it, because the one with the most power prefers to take the lead.

The warring officials held their heads high when they left the palace, while the conservative officials frowned.

Marquis Zhongyong and others who were stationed in northern Xinjiang did not dare to ignore it. They immediately stepped up their defense of the northern desert and reported the matter to the emperor immediately.

When the Northern Xinjiang defenders and the Northern Desert officially started fighting, the imperial concubine's two-month confinement finally ended.

The imperial concubine's previous plan to deal with her failed, and she was worried that the imperial concubine would attack her again.

There are a large number of peonies planted around the octagonal pavilion, which are in full bloom at this time.

After Lu Wanning entered the Imperial Garden, she followed the path she often walked towards the octagonal pavilion.

The road Lu Wanning often took to reach the octagonal pavilion passed through a rockery.

Lu Wanning was about to reach the rockery when suddenly a young eunuch jumped out from the side and stopped in front of Lu Wanning, saying: "Lu Jieyu, you can't go here."
Chapter completed!